Law and Behavioral Health Program

Organization

Butler Hospital

Location

The program director's office is located on the second floor of Butler Hospital's Center House Rear Building. Visitors should park in Parking Lot A on the Butler campus and go to the switchboard in the main entrance for directions.

Hours

By appointment

Contact Information

(401) 455-6270

Butler Hospital started the Law and Behavioral Health program in response to requests by courts and attorneys for consultations. It has expanded to include consultation to government agencies, disability companies, professional organizations, hospitals, and corporations. The program provides consultation to individuals only through their attorneys. It offers multi-disciplinary assessments as well as psychiatric and neurological evaluations and psychological and neuropsychological testing all in one setting.

Criminal Division
The forensic clinicians in this division have advanced training and experience in consultation, litigation support and expert testimony in criminal matters including:

Competency to stand trial

Criminal responsibility/insanity defense/diminished capacity

Medico legal issues in correctional mental health

Trial consulting

Aid to sentencing

Domestic violence

Law enforcement consultation

Civil Division
This division provides comprehensive psychiatric and neurological evaluation and psychological and neuropsychological testing. Our clinicians have special expertise in the evaluation of disability, head injury, substance abuse and malingering. This is just a sample of the issues that we consult on.

Organizational consulting, including work place violence assessment, fitness for duty and policy development

Law enforcement consultation

Impaired Professional Division
This division is designed for the evaluation of all health care professionals including physicians, nurses, dentists, attorneys, executives, and law enforcement officers. Our evaluators are particularly suited to the evaluation of impaired attorneys and police officers because of the availability of members who have had legal and litigation experience or have served as consultants to police departments. The division can provide:

Because substance abuse is often a factor in the evaluation of the impaired professional, members of the team have advanced experience in the assessment and treatment of substance abuse. This team approach is reflected in a report to the referral source that is comprehensive and will include recommendations for treatment and monitoring.

Teaching and Training
Members of the Law and Behavioral Health Program have lectured on medico-legal issues at national and international meetings. Staff members conduct training sessions in risk management for residents and faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, and for members of the Butler staff.

Educational Programs
The Program conducts case conferences, specialized training and seminars aimed at the legal, corporate, medical, and law enforcement communities.

Professional team
Marilyn Price, MD, Program Director
Patricia Recupero, JD, MD, President and CEO, Butler Hospital